Northridge board considers May ballot issue

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Jan 23, 2010 at 12:01 AMJan 25, 2010 at 4:09 AM

The Northridge Board of Education will hear recommendations from the district's Master Plan Steering Commission and finance committee Monday, Jan. 25, before it decides what tax issue to place on the May 4 ballot.

The Northridge Board of Education will hear recommendations from the district's Master Plan Steering Commission and finance committee Monday, Jan. 25, before it decides what tax issue to place on the May 4 ballot.

"The groundwork has been done," said Felicia Drummey, district treasurer. "Now it's up to the board to decide. Experts will be on hand Monday."

During a special meeting Jan. 18, the board approved legislation allowing it to keep all options open for May's election.

Board members Brent Garee, Lee Hatfield, Jeff Schrock and Troy Willeke voted in favor of a resolution to issue bonds and submit questions of such issuance to the electors, while Mark Dann voted no.

The resolution declared Northridge to be a "special needs" district because the student population isn't adequately serviced by the existing permanent improvements of the district and cannot obtain funds to provide additional facilities to meet such needs.

The legislation is a requirement for the purpose of constructing school facilities and locally funded initiatives under the Exceptional Needs Program of the Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC).

Dann said the district just passed a 9.9-mill emergency operating levy to keep the lights on and retain staff last May, and the district's 1 percent income tax expires this year.

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